Minnesota Gov. Tim Waltz vowed to protect his state from President-elect Donald Trump’s “hateful agenda” during a speech in Eagen, Minnesota, on Friday afternoon.
“The other side spent a lot of time campaigning and talking and promising to leave things up to the states. Walz, who is running for Vice President Kamala Harris on the Democratic ticket and whose second term as governor ends in 2027, is willing to take their word for it.
“The moment they try to create a hateful agenda in this state, I will stand up and be ready to fight,” the 60-year-old governor said to cheering supporters.
“As long as I’m governor of Minnesota, we will protect a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions,” Walz said as part of a luncheon welcoming immigrants that included a “stand.”[ing] Together with the rest of the world in the fight against climate change.”
“As long as I’m governor of Minnesota, we will defend our children’s freedom to go to school without having to worry about being shot in the classroom,” Walz said.
After vowing to fight the Trump-Vance agenda, he extended an olive branch to Trump-supporting Minnesotans.
“I’ll say it and admit it: About a million and a half of our fellow Minnesotans voted the other way in this election,” Walz said. He then added: “And while the most extreme elements of this agenda may not have a place in our state, there must be a place in our politics for everyone to be heard.”
“I think we have to swallow, and that’s when I’m talking about myself, we have to swallow a little bit of pride and look a little harder to find a language with our neighbors who don’t vote like they used to. these elections,” said Walz.
“Perhaps when we take a break from this campaign in which we are participating, we will be able to look at each other and see neighbors, not enemies, and maybe we will be able to sit on coffee or Diet Mountain. Dew and just talk, talk about our kids, talk about the lives we want to build for them,” she said. “Talk about the things that really matter: how we treat each other, how we treat each other, and how we support each other in difficult times.”